https://github.com/xuchunyang/another-emacs-server

An Emacs server built on HTTP and JSON
https://github.com/xuchunyang/another-emacs-server

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An Emacs server built on HTTP and JSON

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/xuchunyang/another-emacs-server
• Owner: xuchunyang
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2020-03-30T04:01:24.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-03-31T10:51:32.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-16T01:45:55.638Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Emacs Lisp
• Homepage:
• Size: 15.6 KB
• Stars: 10
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# An Emacs server built on HTTP and JSON

The builtin Emacs server is built on Unix domain socket, `another-emacs-server`

is builton HTTP and JSON. Because the response is JSON, it's easy and reliable

for other tool to consume.

## Usage

Run `M-x another-emacs-server` to start the server. Send

- `{"eval": "expr"}` to eval an expression

- `{"file": ["filename1", "filename2", ...]}` to open files

For example,

    ~ $ curl -s -d '{"eval": "emacs-version"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" localhost:7777 | jq

    {

      "result": "27.0.90"

    }

    ~ $ curl -s -d '{"file": ["/etc/hosts"]}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" localhost:7777 | jq

    {

      "result": "OK"

    }

## Requires

- Emacs 25.1

- web-server 20200312